MEHARRY’S Mevs and Johnson Named to Leadership Nashville Class

Portions of this article are from The Tennessean, June 17, 2013

Meharry's Osei Mevs and Veronica Marable Johnson were among forty-four community leaders
recently named to participate in Leadership Nashville's thirty-eighth class. Mevs
is the senior associate vice president for external affairs at Meharry, and Johnson
serves as director of programs and operations at Meharry's Center for Women's Health
Research. She is also president of the metropolitan Nashville chapter of the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.

The nine-month program is designed to assist community leaders in their roles as decision
makers. The course, which starts in September, focuses on issues related to government,
media, education, business, labor, diversity, quality of life, human services, health,
arts, entertainment, and criminal justice.

"Leadership Nashville was founded in 1976 as an executive-level leadership organization
rather than a leadership training program. It provides a three-dimensional view of
the city and becomes a bridge, connecting people and the issues facing this community,"
said Jerry B. Williams, executive director of the program.

"We do not attempt to pass out solutions," she said. "In fact, our participants are
so diverse they would never agree with each other. Instead, we expose them to various
viewpoints on each issue, believing Nashville will be stronger because decisions these
leaders make in the future will come from a broadened, enlightened perspective."

For more information on Leadership Nashville and the thirty-eighth class, click here.